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Nuestra Señora de la Merced Parish (Tagalog: Parokya ng Nuestra Señora de la Merced), is a Roman Catholic church located in Bahay Pare, Candaba, Pampanga. The parish church is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga. The parish is the home of the Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Pampanga, Emperatriz na Marilag sa Katagalugan ng Pampanga, which is the oldest and original image of the title. Devotees flock to the parish to ask Mary to intercede for their spiritual, mental, and physical health, for their families and studies, and for the increase of vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. The parish covers most of the barangays of the Tagalog region under the patronage of Nuestra Señora dela Merced. The image is well known for her Dalit as She visits different places. The parish also holds first class relics of Mercedarian Saints, St. Peter Nolasco, St. Raymond of Penyafort, St. Serapion of Algiers, St. Raymond Nonnatus and St. Pedro Armengol.

History
During the Spanish times in Candaba, Pampanga, a story was told about three women in the nearby towns of Plaridel and Baliwag asking for help for the construction of their "house". When a carpenter from Plaridel visited the chapel in Bahay Pare, Candaba, he saw at the altar three statues who looked like the women who visited their town. They were Catherine of Alexandria, Nuestra Senora de la Merced and Saint Lucy.

After the Philippine Revolution, the chapel was subjected to Saint Augustine Parish Church (Baliwag). The chapel was established as a parish on April 26, 1937 when the Archbishop of Manila, Michael J. O'Doherty approved the petition of Rev. Fr. Ruperto T. del Rosario, the parish priest of Baliwag.

800th Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady of Mercy
DOZENS from Pampanga’s Tagalog villages in Candaba as well as devotees from Tarlac and Manila joined this year’s jubilee celebration in honor of the 800th year founding anniversary of the Mercedarian Order under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora dela Merced.

Dozens of devotees joined the solemn mass last August 2 at the Virgen dela Merced Parish in Bahay Pare. The devotees later showed their deep devotion to the blessed virgin by accompanying the venerated images of the Holy Mother from Tarlac, Manila and Samar through the processional routes of the parish.